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Russia is experiencing a year of heavy losses
2023 has been a particularly losing year for Russia in Ukraine. The number of soldiers killed and wounded every day in the Ukrainian war is enormous.
KYIV – Last year's war in Ukraine was particularly costly for Russia. Russia may have lost about a quarter of a million soldiers in its war against Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, 360,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded since the beginning of the war. On January 1, the number of Russian casualties reached approximately 106,000.
Russia is suffering heavy losses in the Ukraine war
According to figures from Kiev, more than 253,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in Ukraine over the past 12 months. Russia's daily losses amounted to 693 soldiers in the Ukrainian war. With more than 29,000 soldiers, December was the month with the highest casualties of the entire last year. Russia also suffered many losses in its military equipment in the war, which lasted nearly two years. According to Kiev, 5,990 Russian tanks and 329 combat aircraft have been destroyed so far. The Ukrainian army is also said to have destroyed 23 ships and naval boats as well as a submarine.
Russia will likely continue to suffer heavy losses in the Ukraine war in 2024
However, like the Ukrainian side, the Kremlin avoids highlighting figures related to its losses. For Russia, the Ukraine war remains a “special military operation.” Therefore, it is very likely that the number of Russian soldiers killed and wounded is higher than Kiev calculates. The Western Allies are also bearing significant Russian losses. “If the numbers continue next year, Russia will lose more than half a million people in Ukraine,” the British Ministry of Defense wrote on X.
On the other hand, Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to campaign for perseverance. “We have shown more than once that we are capable of solving the most difficult tasks and never backing down, because no force can separate us,” the Kremlin leader said in his televised New Year’s speech.
Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine in the new year
In the new year, the Kremlin leader intensified his attacks on Ukraine. According to authorities, at least four people were killed in large-scale Russian airstrikes on the morning of January 2. Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko and the local prosecutor's office said an elderly woman and a couple were killed in the capital Kiev and the surrounding area. The authorities there reported that another person was killed in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Kiev and its surrounding areas have been affected by massive missile and drone attacks. As announced by the state energy company Ukrainergo, the electricity grid was also severely damaged. More than 250,000 people in the capital region suffer from power outages. (Erbe/DPA/AFP)
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China is angry: The US destroyer USS Halsey entered Chinese territorial waters „without permission.” The US Navy waves it off.
BEIJING – Against the backdrop of increasing tensions in the South China Sea China On Friday, the United States responded with sharp words to the passage of a US Navy ship near a group of disputed islands. Military spokesman Tian Junli said on Friday that “the US actions seriously violate China’s sovereignty and security.” Thus, the United States creates “security risks in the South China Sea” and is “the greatest destroyer of peace and stability in the region.”
According to military spokesman Tian, the missile destroyer USS Halsey entered Chinese territorial waters near the Xisha Islands “illegally and without permission from the Chinese authorities.” „Xisha Islands” is the Chinese term for the Paracel Islands. China sent naval and air forces to „track and monitor” the ship „in accordance with laws and regulations” and „issued an alert to redirect it away.”
Tensions in the South China Sea: US confirms passage of USS Halsey
The US Navy confirmed the ship’s passage, saying it „asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands.” “Unlawful and extensive maritime claims in the South China Sea pose a serious threat to freedom of the seas,” she said.
China has established a number of military bases on the Paracel Islands, although Vietnam and Taiwan also claim sovereignty over the island chain. The United States and its allies frequently send warships to the region to bolster their claim to freedom of passage.
Meanwhile, Taiwan’s air force conducted a military exercise in the Penghu Islands, which are located a few kilometers from the Chinese coast and are administered by Taiwan. Several fighter jets fired live ammunition, including missiles and US-made laser-guided bombs, according to video footage distributed by Taiwan’s military news agency. These were „routine training” for fighter pilots in which they practiced their „skills in precision strikes in air combat.”
The exercises come ten days before the inauguration of Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te, who won the elections last January and whom Beijing describes as a „dangerous separatist.”
China increases its pressure on Taiwan
China views Taiwan as a breakaway province that should be reunited with the mainland – by military force if necessary. In recent years, China has increased its pressure on Taiwan, regularly sending fighter jets and warships near the island.
Meanwhile, the Philippines and the United States concluded joint military exercises in areas near disputed maritime areas. Exercises Balikatan („Shoulder to Shoulder” in the language widely spoken in the Philippines, Tagalog) began on 22 April and also involved one hundred Australian soldiers. (AFP)
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Hundreds of bodies found: The United Nations calls for clarification regarding mass graves in Gaza
Hundreds of bodies found
The United Nations calls for clarification regarding mass graves in Gaza
May 10, 2024 at 11:41 pm
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Graves containing hundreds of bodies were found near Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis and Al-Shifa Hospital in recent weeks. The UN Security Council is now demanding that investigators be given unfettered access to conduct an investigation.
The UN Security Council in New York demands clarifications about the mass graves discovered in the Gaza Strip. The United Nations said, „Members of the Security Council stressed the need for accountability for violations of international law and called for allowing investigators unhindered access to all mass grave sites in Gaza.”
The UN’s most powerful body has been deeply concerned about the discoveries since the end of April. Graves containing several hundred bodies have been found near Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis and Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in recent weeks.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, was horrified at the time and called for an independent investigation into the deaths. Hospitals enjoy very special protection under international humanitarian law. According to Türk’s office, which cited information from Civil Defense, which is controlled by the armed Hamas movement, some of the bodies had their hands bound.
Israel denies these accusations
The European Union also called for an independent investigation. Peter Stano, spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, said: “This is something that prompts us to demand an independent investigation into all suspicions and all circumstances.” The impression was created that “violations of international human rights may have occurred.”
The Israeli side said that the allegations that Israeli forces buried the bodies of Palestinians there were baseless. Israeli soldiers only examined the bodies in the grave, looking for Israeli hostages.
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Delay due to breakdown
The Bushman government plane returns to the parking lot
May 10, 2024 at 3:44 pm
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German government aircraft are notoriously prone to breakdowns. Now a technical problem spoils the Federal Minister of Justice’s return flight from Venice shortly before the weekend. Its mechanism must return to the parking position. An hour delay is expected.
Federal Minister of Justice Marco Bushmann and his accompanying delegation were initially unable to leave Venice after the conclusion of the G7 Justice Ministers’ meeting. The reason for this was a technical problem with a government plane. The Minister and his accompanying delegation learned that a delay of several hours was expected after the Global 5000 aircraft was forced to return to the parking lot shortly before its scheduled takeoff at noon. The return flight to Germany was scheduled for early evening with a replacement plane that was supposed to come from Cologne. The exact cause of the collapse is not yet known.
At a meeting in Venice, justice ministers from G7 countries discussed how judicial authorities can use artificial intelligence in a legally safe way. According to the participants, the topic of the two-day meeting in Italy was also the question of where the boundaries for the use of machine learning and robotics should be formulated.
Collapses, collapses, collapses…
Malfunctions on government aircraft are not uncommon. Last year, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock had to cancel a government trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji over one.
At the end of 2018, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was involved in a serious accident when she was on her way to the G20 summit in Argentina on the Konrad Adenauer government plane. A faulty component – a central switching unit in the plane’s onboard electronics – paralyzed two radio systems that are supposed to replace each other in emergency situations. The plane that took off from Berlin had to turn back.
After a general repair of the government plane for four months, another malfunction occurred on the first official flight in April 2019. After a nine-hour flight from Berlin to New York with Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on board, a tire exploded during landing so that the Airbus A340 was unable to reach Parking on its own. It is now known that the Konrad Adenauer government plane, which has become known as the Breakdown Plane, will be scrapped.
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